500 stranded melon-headed whales rescued in Philippine bay

December 27, 2018 By

Saturday, February 14, 2009 Philippine fishermen, volunteers and authorities with dozens of fishing boats have joined hands in guiding back to sea about 500 disorientated melon-headed whales that were stranded in the shallow waters near the mouth of Manila Bay delta in the Bataan Peninsula. The gentle mammals were first spotted swimming back and forth […]

British doctor killed while on honeymoon

December 27, 2018 By

Thursday, July 31, 2008 Catherine Mullany, a newly married British woman, and her husband, Ben Mullany, have been shot while on honeymoon in Antigua. Catherine died on the scene, while Ben is in a critical condition in Hospital. The families of the Mullanys have described themselves as “deeply shocked and devastated.” The incident occurred at […]

13 pilot whales returning to sea, off Western Australia

December 26, 2018 By

Monday, April 4, 2005 Rescuers were today sending a pod of 13 pilot whales back into the ocean at Geographe Bay, near to Busselton, south of Perth, in Western Australia. Six additional members of the pod had died during the stranding, including at least one calf. More than 300 people were watching as the whales […]

UK Wikinews Shorts: December 22, 2009

December 25, 2018 By

A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Contents 1 Man appears in court case involving murder of woman in Glasgow, Scotland 2 Man jailed for murder of ex-girlfriend in Lancashire, England 3 Two people killed in car crash in East Yorkshire, England 4 Man dies after being found unconscious in garden in […]

Category:May 27, 2010

December 25, 2018 By

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Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.

December 25, 2018 By

Wednesday, November 30, 2005File:Turing1.jpg More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning A.I. On hand was the founder the Loebner Prize, an annual Turing Test, designed to pick out the world’s most human computer […]

Residents evacuated after partial building collapse in Buffalo, New York

December 25, 2018 By

Thursday, June 12, 2008 Buffalo, New York —At least two homes have been evacuated, and 14 or more are on standby to evacuate in Buffalo, New York after a very large three-story building partially collapsed on the city’s West Side. According to the Buffalo Fire Department, the number four side of an old horse stable […]

NYSE to merge with Archipelago; NASDAQ to buy Instinet

December 25, 2018 By

Sunday, April 24, 2005 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced last Wednesday that it has agreed definitively to merge with Chicago-based Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx) and form a new publicly traded, for-profit company known as NYSE Group. This announcement was followed two days later by NASDAQ®, which independently announced a definitive agreement to purchase Instinet Group. […]

Australian governments to meet for first COAG meeting of 2006 today

December 23, 2018 By

Friday, February 10, 2006 The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) will meet in Canberra today for its first meeting of 2006. Members of COAG are the Prime Minister, State Premiers, Australian Capital and Northern Territory Chief Ministers, and the President of the Australian Local Government Association. COAG is chaired by the Prime Minister. On the […]